Oven Trick

jsmoke · 21 May 2018 at 16:14

It was the same with me, unfortunately it's like dollar signs in your eyes, ie don't have to buy a new one however this sharply disappears when it stops working after a few days.

wakadoo · 21 May 2018 at 16:20

jsmoke said:
It was the same with me, unfortunately it's like dollar signs in your eyes, ie don't have to buy a new one however this sharply disappears when it stops working after a few days.

thats why i was wondering if anyone had had long term success, we are 3 days in and after letting benchmarks run and gaming in the evening on it all seems stable, its used daily so i will update in a week either way.

B@Th*nG · 21 May 2018 at 16:30

if it's ****ed it's worth a punt isn't it. Did it with a GPU and it was fine after.

B@

Thekwango · 21 May 2018 at 16:36

Edit. Too damn slow!

itchy · 21 May 2018 at 16:38

I have done it with a graphics card years ago, i got it working for an extra 12 months.

Problem is it stinks your gaff out doing it.

But if it works for awhile then happy dayz.

jsmoke · 21 May 2018 at 16:40

One of these would come in quite handy especially for a PC tech shop or mobile shop.
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/T962-800W-...d=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1

Glanza · 21 May 2018 at 16:40

Used to be this or the towel trick on the original xbox 360s when they had RROD.

LeMson · 21 May 2018 at 16:52

Buy loads of dead gfx cards and try reflowing them in the oven too then, hours of fun

pokerking · 21 May 2018 at 16:54

Did this with an LG G3 with a boot loop issue.

Make sure you remove the battery though!!!

Turned it to max let it warm up and left it in for 5 mins. It worked and still works to this day. Magic I say.

Bazz · 21 May 2018 at 17:02

Did this on a 8800GTX back in the day, it was given to me from a friend who had it for a month, started failing with artefacts and he refused to send it back.
Threw it in the oven after stripping it all down, 10 mins @ 200C, left it to cool for 3 hours put it back together and boom work like a treat.

My friend didn't realise you could do that, he doesn't offer me hardware anymore

famas · 21 May 2018 at 17:05

For any one still miffed.

iamtheoneneo · 21 May 2018 at 17:26

A more detailed explanation of why it works and why 200c is a myth. TLDR you only need 120c as re-balling isn't the problem.

Bonjour · 21 May 2018 at 17:39

I put some chips in the oven at 220 for 15 minutes and they were just right. 14 minutes and they're not quite crisp enough. Anything over 16 minutes and they're a little burned.

Squark · 21 May 2018 at 17:52

My gfx card died recently, maybe I should strip the cooler and give it a quick bake; worth a punt, it's dead otherwise.

neodude · 21 May 2018 at 17:53

Back when I was an Electronics Test Engineer I used to take my gubbed boards into work and run them through an actual Reflow Oven, always did the trick. Can't see why a household oven wouldn't be just as successful. Need to be careful with some of the plastic components, especially on edge connectors. These are usually inserted after reflow soldering during the manufacturing process to prevent them from melting/burning.

Squark · 21 May 2018 at 17:55

Is it worth wrapping plastic bits in foil to try and stop them melting?

LOAM · 21 May 2018 at 17:58

What if you're oven breaks, can you put it in a bigger oven?

What if that breaks?

Minusorange · 21 May 2018 at 19:12

LOAM said:
What if you're oven breaks, can you put it in a bigger oven?

What if that breaks?

Put it in the Sun, the Sun will fix everything

Bonjour · 21 May 2018 at 19:15

pokerking said:
Did this with an LG G3 with a boot loop issue.

Make sure you remove the battery though!!!

Turned it to max let it warm up and left it in for 5 mins. It worked and still works to this day. Magic I say.

Nice. I'll try this on my G4 which has a boot loop problem...

pokerking · 21 May 2018 at 19:27

Bonjour said:
Nice. I'll try this on my G4 which has a boot loop problem...

The phone would cycle the boot screen and then go blue and crash on that until you removed the battery. A lot of people mentioned to strip the PCB away from the case. This was only 6 screws, then pop it in the oven. It worked 100% I was going to buy some boot loop LG phones of eBay and make a killing

I'm not responsible for any damages lol.